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Day Excursions
Day Excursions 2013. Booking hotline 01942728960
Book in our office, or ring and pay with your debit card, at no extra charge
All excursions are pick up & set down on main roads close to your home as practical within our normal area.
All pick ups & drop offs are normally completed within 1 hour subject to traffic conditions. Some pick ups are by a feeder vehicle, and where the route allows passengers will be first on first off basis. The base time is at Golborne, so some times will be before this time and some will be after depending on the destination
We always advise pick up time times by phone the day before the excursion.
Sunday 5th May LLANDUDNO EXTRAVAGANZA 0830 depart Return starts 5.00
£16.00A £11.00C
Today is the main day of this wonderful annual event, with the main streets closed for the steam fairground rides, lots of organs playing listen to old tyme music free all day, traction engines and vintage cars and old time prams etc you may even see Frosty Nickers from the tv quiz THE CHASE. Also many people in Victorian Dress why not join in the fun and dress up yourself, a truly great day out for all.
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Wednesday 8th May SKIPTON MARKET 0900 depart Return starts 4.30
£14.00A £10.00C
With the Bank holiday finished we have a day to explore this attractive town with its very busy market, castle and cobbled streets, maybe you fancy a sail on the Leeds Liverpool canal, so many things to do, and of course find a bargain on the Market.
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Sunday 19th May HAWORTH 1940s Theme 0900 depart Return starts 4.45
£14.00A £10.00C
The final and most interesting day of the excellent weekend we hope to arrive in time for the Remembrance service/2 minute silence on church steps, lead by British Legion. Then Veterans Parade, led by Aircadets Band. Bradford Marching Pipe Band, Evacuees parade down Main Street, Evacuee bus arrives at Haworth Airbase to meet the Queen and re-enact 'Who will take this child'. Military Vehicles Classic Vehicles and much more subject to the weather we will have an RAF Flypast and all the shops will be open.
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Sunday 26th May LAKE DISTRICT & Lakes Visitor Centre 0830 Depart Return starts 4.45
£16.25A £11.00C
Today we journey direct to Ambleside, time to admire this attractive village, before we move on to The Visitor centre near White Cross
Bay, here you can admire the gardens or stroll by the lake ( Normally there are some electric buggys available for the less able) there
Is also a pleasant cafe where you can get a snack for lunch, no admission charges, early in the afternoon we arrive at Bowness on Windermere where we spend the afternoon in this pretty lakeside town.
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Thursday 30th May CLEVELEYS & THE BOURNE POACHER COUNTRY & WESTERN 0900 Depart Return starts 5.00
£27.75A
Today we journey direct to Ambleside, time to admire this attractive village, before we move on to The Visitor centre near White Cross
Bay, here you can admire the gardens or stroll by the lake ( Normally there are some electric buggys available for the less able) there
Is also a pleasant cafe where you can get a snack for lunch, no admission charges, early in the afternoon we arrive at Bowness on Windermere where we spend the afternoon in this pretty lakeside town.
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Saturday 15th June STRATFORD UPON AVON 0815 Depart Return starts 4.15
£21.00A £14.00C
William Shakespeare's birthplace a historic and attractive town with many places of interest, either along the Shakespeare trail
Sailing on the pretty River Avon or just stroll around the shops. NEW EXCURSION
On the outward journey only we include a tea ,coffee or chocolate and a packet of biscuits in the excursion price.
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Sunday 16th June NORTH WALES +Ffestiniog Railway 0800 depart return starts 4.45
£28.00A £19.00C
An extended day of wonderful scenery with mountains and coastlines and the best of The Little Trains of Wales, we journey along the motorway during which our hostess will serve you tea or coffee & biscuits, as we head into the very pretty Vale of Llangollen where we have a short stop for toilets, from here we follow the old stage coach route along the A5, then we make our way through little Switzerland passing Englands 7th Longest railway tunnel and the slate mines before we arrive at Blaenau Ffestiniog, we have a break here before boarding the 1150 steam hauled train to the pretty coastal town of Porthmadoc here there is time for lunch & shopping or sightseening, After lunch we follow the coast to Criccieth before travelling along the edge of The Snowdonia Nation Park to Caernarvon, then following The Menai Straits and the coast road to start our homeward journey with suitable short stop arriving back in our area about 7.30.
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Thursday 20th June GARSTANG MARKET & CLEVELEYS Depart 0915 Return starts 5.00
£10.50A £7.50C
Garstang set in the rural Lancashire attracts many country folk to its popular street Market, we allow plenty of time to search out the bargains and maybe a little lunch, early afternoon we say goodbye and travel via the pretty countryside to Cleveleys where you can take a stroll along the now completed sea front or some time to search the shops for that bargain.
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Sunday 30th June WHITBY & HEARTBEAT COUNTRY 0815 depart return starts 4.45
£21.80A £14.20C
Today we journey directly to Whitby we hope to arrive at about 11.15 where we allow you plenty of time to explore, the town has connections with Capt. Cook & Bram Stoker of Dracula fame, and is one Yorkshires fine fishing ports, which is overlooked by its ruined abbey, we leave at 4.00 and have a short stop in the village of Goathland famous as Aidensfield in the Heartbeat story.
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Monday 1st July BAKEWELL WELL DRESSING & MARKET 0845 Depart Return starts 4.30
£16.00A £11.00C
This attractive town in the heart of The Peak District National Park shows off its 5 dressed wells today, all are close to the town centre. Well dressing is the art of making pictures with flower petals and are placed at the site of a water well sometimes a former site is used, Today is also the towns market day with many interesting stalls some selling locally made items at reasonable prices, there are many places where you can eat.
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Sunday 21st July FLEETWOOD Tram Sunday & Market Depart 0930 return starts 5.15
£10.00A £6.50C
Many visitors will be able to say, "my Dad had a car like that", or "I used to go to school on a bus like that".
We are expecting some of the older trams to be around on the day and of course the new Flexcity trams will be in service from Blackpool to Ash Street Fleetwood. The steam carousel will be here along with other fairground rides, miniature railway, dancers, bands, performers, and countless other forms of entertainment. The market will be open plus there will be many flee market stalls
Or why not try a short ride on the new Flexcity trams.
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Thursday 25th July ORMSKIRK MARKET & SOUTHPORT Depart 0915 return starts 5.00
£9.00A £6.00C
Our first stop is Ormskirk where we allow time to find the bargain on the market , we depart just before midday and head to Southport
We set down close to Lord St and spend the rest of the afternoon here.
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Saturday 27th July YORK EXPRESS Depart 0830 return starts 6.00
£17.50A £12.00C
This ever popular excursion is timed to give you maximum time in This Famous City and there is so much to do with something for everyone.
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Tuesday 6th August CLITHEROE & BOUNDARY MILL + Fish & chip lunch Dep 0845 return 5.00
£19.50A £13.00C
This ever popular excursion is timed to give you maximum time in This Famous City and there is so much to do with something for everyone.
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Saturday 10th August THE STREAM IN THE SKY, Llangollen & Oswestry inc. Lunch+2 hour sail Departs 0815 Return 5pm
£27.95
This full day starts pleasant drive through Cheshire to visit the historic town of Oswestry its also market day today, we have a two hour stay, then we move on our boat Eirlys, departing about 12.15 we sail towards Llangollen during our trip there will be Chicken or Fish and Chips served (tell us when you book what you want) near the end of our two hours we sail across Thomas Telford's famous Pontcysyllte Aqueduct which is 126 feet above the valley and offering superb views. After leaving the boat we travel the short distance to Llangollen the remainder of the afternoon.
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Monday 12th August KETTLEWELL SCARECROW FESTIVAL & SKIPTON Depart 9.00 return 4.45
£15.95A £10.20C
This pretty spot in the Yorkshire Dales has over 100 Scarecrows out, a truly great day for all, follow the trail suitable for all ages, try it
you could win a prize, we guarantee you will enjoy the day here, plenty of places to eat and drink, we leave in the afternoon and spend the last part of the day in Skipton.
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Wednesday 14th August HARROGATE & KNARESBOROUGH Depart 0830 return starts 4.30
£15.50A £10.20C
We travel direct to the olde world town Knaresborough, sat on the River Nidd, its street market is on today or you can go sightseeing to
Mother Shiptons or visit the ruins of the castle, there are walks by the river too, plenty of eating places, after lunch we move to Harrogate this wonderful spa town with its modern shopping area and the famous Betty's Tea Room, we return via a different route.
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Thursday 15th August SOUTHPORT FLOWER SHOW or SHOPPING Depart 0945 return starts 4.30
£8.25A £5.25C
Tickets for the Flower Show are NOT included but can be bought on line, we set down close to the show and handy for the day shopping in town.
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Sunday 18th August COTSWOLDS CAMEO Departs 0800 return starts 4.45
£21.00A £14.00C
Today we travel to one of the most attractive parts of England, with chocolate box scenes throughout the day, travelling via Evesham our first visit is the pretty village of Broadway here in this beautiful properties line the main street, Then onward with excellent views
to Stow in the Wold, a hill top village full of charm, then finally Bourton in the Water, sat on the River Windrush, all these villages have
coach parking very close to the attractions so walking is kept to a minimum.
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